The Religious Herald and Associated Baptist Press have agreed in principle to a merger of their operations, creating a new Baptist media platform which leaders of the two news organizations said will enhance the mission and heritage of both. In…
Beeping eggs help seeing-impaired children participate in Easter tradition
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Two-and-a-half year old Paul Bloxom experienced the joy of his first Easter egg hunt on April 6. His parents brought him from their home in Chincoteague, Va., to First Baptist Church in Newport News, Va., to…
Liberty University lifts campus gun ban, allows permit holders to carry weapons everywhere but dorms
LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP) — Trustees of Liberty University have changed the Christian school’s weapons policy to allow students, faculty and staff and visitors with concealed-carry permits to bring weapons into all campus facilities except for dormitories. The policy change went…
Nominees for restructured CBF organization include leaders from Mid-Atlantic region
ATLANTA — Leaders in the Mid-Atlantic are among nominees approved April 4 by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Coordinating Council for positions on three new administrative bodies, created last year in a restructuring proposed by a blue-ribbon task force. The council…
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Colorful pinwheels symbolize a darker reality for church advocating child abuse prevention
MCLEAN, Va. — Colorful, spiraling pinwheels are a perfect symbol of childhood and spring — and the children at McLean (Va.) Baptist Church planted a garden of them on Easter Sunday. The flashing blue and silver Pinwheels for Prevention are…
For parents of children with autism, camp provides spiritual respite
HARTFIELD, Va. — “Every family needs a break now and then — especially families raising a special needs child,” said Niki Gourley, retreats director at Piankatank Camp and Conference Center near Hartfield, Va. The natural setting of the Virginia Baptist…
BTSR announces new location in office park four miles north of current campus
RICHMOND — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will move this summer to a new location in an office complex about four miles north of its current campus, seminary officials announced April 2. The nearly 17,000-square foot building in Villa Park,…
Muslim students discover Southern hospitality, interfaith dialog as church hosts feeding volunteers
ROANOKE — What some might consider a strange pairing — Baptists and Muslims partnering together in service to others — became a great opportunity to experience diversity, said Kevin Meadows, pastor of Grandin Court Baptist Church in Roanoke. A team…
Partnership will increase Leland Center students’ understanding of poverty issues in urban setings
ARLINGTON, Va. — The John Leland Center for Theological Studies hopes to enhance the ability of its students to understand poverty issues in urban settings and to advocate on behalf of the poor through a new partnership announced this month….